Boy George 'inspired by Alex Reid'

Boy George has revealed that watching Celebrity Big Brother inspired him to be more like Katie Price's husband Alex Reid.

In an interview to be aired this week on Alan Carr's Chatty Man, the former Culture Club frontman spoke about how he is a big fan of the cross-dresser and his alter ego Roxanne.

The popstar explained: "I like Alex. He's great. But I love the drag thing. I love Roxanne."

Discussing Reid's Celebrity Big Brother stint, he added: "There was one point where Vinnie Jones was being nasty and Alex went, 'Do you want a cup of tea, mate?'.

"I thought, 'I need to be more like that'. It's a brilliant way to handle people. Like everyone else, I originally thought, 'This guy's probably an idiot'. But straight away I thought, 'No, actually he's a very sweet bloke'. The right man won."

Boy George's appearance on Chatty Man airs on Thursday at 10pm on Channel 4.